Monroe Township, Delaware County, Indiana

Monroe Township
—  Township  —
Location of Monroe Township in Delaware County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Delaware
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	30.25 sq mi (78.36 km2)
• Land	30.25 sq mi (78.33 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation[1]	991 ft (302 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	3,636
• Density	120.22/sq mi (46.42/km2)
FIPS code	18-50292[2]
GNIS feature ID	453637

Monroe Township is one of twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,636.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Unincorporated towns 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Major highways 1.4 Cemeteries 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Monroe Township covers an area of 30.25 square miles (78.3 km²); 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (0.03 percent) of this is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Cowan
• Oakville
• Progress

Adjacent townships

• Center Township (north)
• Liberty Township (northeast)
• Perry Township (east)
• Prairie Township, Henry County (south)
• Jefferson Township, Henry County (southwest)
• Salem Township (west)
• Mount Pleasant Township (northwest)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 35
• Indiana State Road 3
• Indiana State Road 67

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Fairview, Macedonia and Tomlinson.

References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Indiana, USA County seat: Muncie City Muncie Towns Albany‡ Chesterfield‡ Daleville Eaton Gaston Selma Yorktown Townships Center Delaware Hamilton Harrison Liberty Monroe Mount Pleasant Niles Perry Salem Union Washington Unincorporated communities Anthony Aultshire Bethel Cammack Cowan Cross Roads DeSoto Drew Gates Corner Granville Hyde Park Janney Liberty Corners Mayfield Middletown Park Morningside Mount Pleasant New Burlington Oakville Progress Reed Station Royerton Shideler Smithfield Stockport West Muncie Wheeling Woodland Park Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties